Making a forum thread/section hidden from anyone NOT logged in.

I was wondering if it would be possible to set the forum software to hide a specific thread/section from anyone not logged in.
Specifically I had in mind the email signup thread here. It would be nice to hide at least this specific thread from anyone NOT logged in, so as to keep the spam bots from harvesting the emails ..... Just a thought Not sure if this forum software allows threads to be hidden or just entire catagories.

I just posted this:
crouse wrote:
PREVENT BOT HARVESTING !! Please don't post the entire email address you want! (bots will scan pages and harvest your email address)...... please just post the USERNAME you want for the email address. I'm smart enought to figure out the rest of it lol. Post something like:
I'd like to have "USERNAME". Thanks.
If you already HAVE posted your entire email address....... i suggest editing your own post and removing the "@archlinux.us" part. Just a friendly tip
in the thread ..... TWICE. If people don't follow the suggestions, then the spam will be their OWN problem I think the thread fits in community better than anywhere else, so I say just leave it there. Eventually I might setup some sort of form to automate the whole process, I've got about half of it done actually, but for now this seems to work best for me.

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Today downloaded 3.6 version of firefox and it changed my favorites, quicken, other files back to 1.5 yrs ago. How do I get back the info it has erased or hidden from me???

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Redirect me back to the forum thread I was viewing after I login!!!!!!!

Redirect me back to the forum thread I was viewing after I login!!!!!!!
How simple is that?

ali brown wrote:
Hello Looter,
Why not Sign-In before you view the Forums?
How simple is that?
ali b
Because I am following a link from a topic to which I am subscribed. If 8-10 other forums I participate in can, many of which at not technology related whatsoever, then I 'm sure Apple can figure it out.
Follow the logic here...
1. On my Mac I receive an email notifying me of a response to a topic to which I am subscribed in Apple Discussions.
2. I click the link in the email in MAIL.app, this discussion for example 'To view or respond to this message, visit <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7019288#7019288> '
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6. I am taken to the login page.
7. I login.
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There are two simple solutions that would also result in less work for Apple's servers, not requiring them to needlessly reload multiple pages.
1. Redirect me back to the forum thread I was viewing after I login.
2. Provide a login WITHIN the page am viewing.
As I said I probably subscribe to 8-10 forums, none of which have built the hardware (Mac Pro) or software (Mac OS 10.5.2, Mail.app and Safari) yet they ALL are able to do both or the above.
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Message was edited by: Looter for clarification

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